The Incident tells the story of Tise, a young beautiful girl, whose life dreams and aspiration bring her close to death than Fulfilment. When the very thing you love about life lets hell loose on you, how could you do without it, how could you decide against it, knowing that doing this would leave your world empty and deprive the world of the awesomeness it deserves? Knowing you live once, how could you not live on the edge? Apart from the fact that it explored the relationship between the Mother and the girl child. It also addressed other topics that are not freely discussed in the Nigerian society, topics like depression and suicide.